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[peanutbutterlatte]

Using this logic, console gaming is "fucking pathetic" because of Phoenix Games

...but everyone knows that would be shitty reasoning, right?

Not really the reasoning anybody's going with, but you go ahead. I'll just remark on how "Snow White & The Seven Clever Boys" is needlessly avoiding something that has no copyright!

 

[Kinyou]

See, their Donkey Kong has a red tie.

Now look at our Krazy Kong; he doesn't have a tie at all!

It's not the same thing!

Crap you're right. I hope they patch that

 

[RawkHawk2010]

I read "Remove ADS" as "Remove AIDS."

 

[OddworldBOY]

They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs.

rofl

 

[Takao]

Using this logic, console gaming is "fucking pathetic" because of Phoenix Games

...but everyone knows that would be shitty reasoning, right?

These are amazing. Did they make more?

 

[EatinOlives]

 

[Odrion]

All you people pointing out the lack of tie need to brush up on your Nintendo history.

That's his father. The DKC games star the adult version of Donkey Kong Jr, who wears the tie.

 

[Dug]

These are amazing. Did they make more?

 

[Cartman86]

Okay yeah some of those are fucking blatant. Dalmatians 3? Really? How did they get past Sony?

 

[BGBW]

That's his father. The DKC games star the adult version of Donkey Kong Jr, who wears the tie.

I thought they settled on Grandfather and the whereabout of Jr are unknown. But anywho, it's still a DK without a tie (until DK '94).

 

[Ridley327]

They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs.

I love you so much for this.

 

[Haunted]

disgusting

 

[Takao]

What are Maniac Mole, Hamster Ball, and Crabby Adventures a rip of?

 

[Kilrogg]

Hamster Ball has to be a rip-off of Monkey Ball.
Maniac Mole I don't know.
Crabby might be an "original" game. Who'd have thunk!

 

[Vexxan]

Hamster Ball is definitely a Monkey Ball rip-off.

 

[Kodiak]

This reflects really poorly on Apple.

 

[Littlegator]

This is Pheonix Games' real greatest work.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

No tie?

Its not the same game

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

I think it's time gorillas get some representation and demand the royalties they deserve from all these rip-offs.

 

[border]

It's a terrible game, but there's probably better things to throw a fit about. Crazy Kong bears no resemblance to any of the Donkey Kong games and it's so awful they are going to make nothing off of microtransactions.

I'm surprised they tried to ship a product that is so completely threadbare. No music, no sound effects for things there should be sounds for. It's preposterous to claim this exemplifies iOS/mobile gaming at all.

 

[GoddyofAus]

So the creators of King Kong sued Nintendo because they believed DK was too similar to KK.

I wonder if Nintendo will have the balls to act on this....

 

[Jacobs]

This is Pheonix Games' real greatest work.

That horrible dutch voice acting.

 

[Codeblue]

The only thing I could come up with on Maniac Mole was maybe:

Doesn't seem like it has brand power worth ripping off though.

 

[AkimbO_Arcana]

What are Maniac Mole, Hamster Ball, and Crabby Adventures a rip of?

Mole Mania, Super Monkey Ball and absolutely no idea...

The only thing I could come up with on Maniac Mole was maybe:

Doesn't seem like it has brand power worth ripping off though.

The game is fucking awesome though!

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

This reflects really poorly on Apple.

Quite. You'd expect stuff like that to turn up on Android, but when developers have to jump through so many hoops to get on the ios app store, it really makes you wonder what the hell happened there.

 

[Haunted]

No tie?

Its not the same game

How hilarious would it be if that "not the same game, not the same content" line from the Batman interview would come back to bite them in the ass in an actual court case. :lol

Spoiler

I know that's not how things work.

 

[Wickerbasket]

Mole Mania, Super Monkey Ball and absolutely no idea...




The game is fucking awesome though!

Crabby Adventures looks like a Zuma clone, not sure what IP they're trying to rip off though.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

I thought I was the only one who picked up 'crabby adventure" lol

 

[AkimbO_Arcana]

Snow White and the 7 clever boys

What the fuck did I just watch?

Is this a playthrough? Is the "game" 6 minutes long?

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Snow White and the 7 clever boys

What the fuck did I just watch?

 

[giant_frying_pan]

Apple manually approve all iOS apps before publication, yes? If so, even though they don't have a direct hand in these infringing apps, they have a duty of care to reject these painfully obvious infringing applications.

What if Nintendo approved a video chat app on the eShop called FaceyTime? Apple would sue the hell out of Nintendo.

 

[Takao]

This is Pheonix Games' real greatest work.

This is amazing.

Phoenix Games are comedic geniuses.

 

[border]

Apple manually approve all iOS apps before publication, yes? If so, even though they don't have a direct hand in these infringing apps, they have a duty of care to reject these painfully obvious infringing applications.

Pretty much anyone is welcome to use the "Kong" suffix for a game, I think. The King Kong story is considered to be public domain.

Having a lawyer work on a lawsuit for a day would probably cost more than they could ever hope to win in a lawsuit anyway.

 

[Kenai]

Snow White and the 7 clever boys

What the fuck did I just watch?

Wow at the third kid introduced...

Edit: Snow White song is win though rofl.

 

[bill0527]

See they've got the Big Mac, we've got the Big Mick

Edit: just tried this game and its a piece of trash. I'd rather play arcade DK from 1984. Goddamn even free costs too much for this. If this kind of garbage is whats killing the console business then an asteroid might as well fall from the sky and wipe us all out, because we are done as a species.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

Pretty much anyone is welcome to use the "Kong" suffix for a game, I think. The King Kong story is considered to be public domain.

Having a lawyer work on a lawsuit for a day would probably cost more than they could ever hope to win in a lawsuit anyway.

The name is the least of this app's worries.

 

[Littlegator]

This is amazing.

Phoenix Games are comedic geniuses.

 

[qko]

The character might be a rip-off, but the text suggests that the game is just a runner?

So Donkey Kong Country?


...if you are good enough.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Yeah, I clicked on this thread thinking it was about one of the most famous pirate arcade boards of all time, Crazy Kong, a total ripoff of DK that just messes with palette colors and stage order, and barely alters the original game outside of messing with tile/sprite placement in a manner that resembles ROM corruption rather than planned changes. Played this one lots at a Shakey's Pizza near my house when I was a kid, maybe a year or so after DK originally debuted at the arcade. Only Rainbow chip SF II equals this particular game for unabashed theft and resale.

 

[mclem]

But Krazy Kong already exists!

We have to surmise from this that single-handers exist.

I'm now trying to fathom a reason why. That's not... y'know.

 

[CarbonRevenge]

Nintendo should definitely get into the mobile market now. Have you seen that competition?

Hahaha.

 

[Jetku]

As the 3rd best Krazy Kong player of all time, I'd like to say... This game is awesome. Never mind the awful controls, the magical never ending supply of vaporizing bananas, or the full screen ads that sometimes appear without pausing the game.

This game definitely puts me into a zen mode...

 

[Fusebox]

The only thing I could come up with on Maniac Mole was maybe:

Doesn't seem like it has brand power worth ripping off though.

Nah, pretty sure it's a Manic Miner rip.

 

[ArtHands]

Can't Nintendo sue for this?

Mobile gaming is fucking pathetic.

That's like judging the entire vita library based on COD declassified.